JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)--The present writ petition arises out of the impugned orders dated 26th February, 2020, passed by the Registrar of Trade Marks, New Delhi/Respondent No.1 (hereinafter "Respondent No.1"), whereby it admitted the evidence in support of oppositions filed by M/s APJ Satya Knowledge LLP/Respondent No.2/Opponent (hereinafter "Opponent"). The Petitioner/Applicant -Mr. Manish Agarwal (hereinafter "Applicant") filed four applications bearing numbers 2493063, 2493064, 2493065 and 2493069 in Classes 16, 35, 36 and 35 respectively, for the trademarks `SATYA GROUP' in black and white, and in colour logo form. The said applications were filed on 11th March, 2013 with the Trademark Registry, Delhi. The said marks are represented as under:

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2. The marks were advertised in Trademark Journal No.1850 dated 21st May, 2018. Oppositions were filed by Opponent, through its trademark attorney based in Mumbai. The said oppositions were served upon the Applicant who filed his counter statements under Rule 44 of the Trademark Rules, 2017 (hereinafter "TM Rules"). According to the Applicant, the said counter statements were filed on 19th January, 2019.

3. The evi